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<< Our Photo Pages >> St Mura's Cross (Fahan) - Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Donegal

Submitted by Sunny100 on Saturday, 29 October 2011  Page Views: 10470

Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) Alternative Name: St Mura's Cross-Slab, The Fahan Cross
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 4.898 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Donegal Type: Early Christian Sculptured Stone
Nearest Town: Buncrana  Nearest Village: Fahan (Fahan Mura)
Map Ref: C3360426970
Latitude: 55.088897N  Longitude: 7.474494W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
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2co-ordinates of the nearest village
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St Mura's Cross (Fahan)
St Mura's Cross (Fahan) submitted by durhamnature : Front and back of the cross, from "Inis Owen..." via archive.org (Vote or comment on this photo)
Early Christian Sculptured Stone in Co. Donegal

The village of Fahan (Fathan Mor or Fahan Mura) is located some 3 miles south of Buncrana close to the R238 road east of Lough Swilly, Malin Head. In the ancient graveyard of St Mura stands an early carved Christian cross-slab of the 7th century CE. St Mura's holy well stands close by the cross-slab.

Amongst the monastic ruins of St Mura's 17th century church and early Christian monastery, founded by St Columba, stands an elaborately carved cross-slab of the 7th-8th century CE. The slab is thought to have marked the grave (bed) of St Mura (550-645) who was appointed first abbot here by St Columba in 597 about the time when the saint died at Iona. The slab is slightly pointed at the top and is carved (on the front face) with intricate ribbonwork interlacing within which a long Latin-style cross rises up. At the top there a four small boses between the arms and a fifth in the centre of the cross-head.

The western face has two figures at each side of the cross; they have long hair and equally long garments. There is a faint inscription which probably recalls abbot Mura or Muraghtagh, while on the east face there are some birds; the workmanship on both sides being very elaborate with thick ribbonwork, in the form of a stem, taking ones eyes ever upwards to the top of the slab itself.
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St Mura's Cross (Fahan)
St Mura's Cross (Fahan) submitted by h_fenton : Images showing each side of the Mura cross slab at Fahan. The images are derived from a 3D model, photographed and model created, April 2017. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by h_fenton on Sunday, 22 October 2017
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Latitude: 55.083153N Longitude: -7.460687W, Accuracy:5
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Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Sunny100 on Saturday, 29 October 2011
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Click on the link http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2c/Fahan_Mura_Cross_Slab_1996_08_29.jpg
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Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Sunny100 on Saturday, 29 October 2011
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Hi Andy, try this new grid reference C.507739. 55.088903. -7.474480.
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    Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Klingon on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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    55.088903, -7.474480 = C3360426970
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    Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Sunny100 on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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    Thankyou Klingon, if Andy can try that please. Its better than being out in the sea or all at sea ! Oh, its already been done, thanks Andy !
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      Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Andy B on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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      Wasn't me, probably Klingon as well (thanks!)
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      Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Sunny100 on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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      Ok, thanks Klingon. How many moderators are there ?
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        Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Anonymous on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
        About 10 admins but they work on different parts of the site: news, forum, photos, tech, edits etc etc. Plus me answering emails, sorting out logins and trying to develop some new maps.
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        Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Sunny100 on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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        Oh well now I know what's going on down in the Admins office, lots of people beavering away in the vaults by the sound of it !
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          Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Martin_L on Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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          Exactly. All bound in chains of course.
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            Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Anonymous on Thursday, 03 November 2011
            I thought I had got out of my chains and could escape, but found that my wings had been clipped.
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            Re: St Mura's Cross (Fahan) by Sunny100 on Thursday, 03 November 2011
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            Once your working deep down in the Meg Portal's vaults there is NO escape.
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